#Industry: Content Development of Single Project 2018 funding applications open

Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Ireland have announced details of the latest Call for Support for Content Development of Single Project 2018. The first deadline for this scheme is 11.00am Irish time on 23 November 2017with a second deadline on 19 April 2018.

The financial support awarded will take the form of lump sums as follows:

€60,000 for Animation projects

€25,000 for Creative Documentary Projects

€30,000 for Drama if the estimated production budget is > €1.5m

€50,000 for Drama if the estimated production budget is =/< €1.5m

This scheme is for independent European production companies (established for at least 12 months) who can demonstrate a recent success, and who wish to develop a new project with international potential for cinema, television or a digital platform for which they own the majority of rights.

Applicants must also be able provide evidence that they were either the sole production company (or the majority producer in a co-production) on an eligible project which has been…

produced in the five years preceding the submission of the application

and been commercially released or broadcast internationally since 1 January 2014.

If the company doesn’t have the required track record then the personal onscreen producer credit of the Chief Executive or one of the shareholders can be used instead.

The day of principal photography (or equivalent) of the submitted project must not be scheduled to occur within 8 months from the date of application.